The number of paying subscribers for Copilot has leaked, and it is a disaster. Now even reshaping Satya Nadella’s CEO role into tech leadership rather than delivering commercial results.

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    22 hours ago

    This article only talks about the number of Copilot 365 licences that are active. It doesn’t even consider the situations like my workplace, where everyone was given a licence but hardly anyone uses it.

    I wouldn’t be surprised if the actual usage rate for these licences is also very low, meaning the situation could be even more dire than the article makes out.

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      12 hours ago

      If I got a Copilot license, I’d definitely make sure to expend my quota every single day and use it as much as possible. Especially if I was “highly encouraged” to use it.

      Just run a markov chain and let it talk to the thing. It’s expensive to make the queries, for MS.

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      16 hours ago

      Well, Microsoft doesn’t care if you use it, only if the business buys the license.